Just caught this on News.com: Microsoft Web Platform Under Construction. Also Microsoft Web Plan Takes Aim at Google.
At the PDC, Microsoft will unveil MSN APIs for MSN Search, portions of MSN Messenger, and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Seems they are taking notice of Google and Yahoo’s Web 2.0 efforts to turn the Internet into a platform after all.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
